Category: Creativity

December 6, 2021attunement, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, play, play therapy

The voice within

I was writing an assignment this morning and came across a brilliant article which got me all fired up about the amazing […]

July 5, 2021July 12, 2021Activity, adventure, attachment, attention, attunement, basic need, child right, choice, communication, connections, craft, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, feelings, fun, mental health, mother, Parenting, play, toys

You’ve got a friend in me

Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no […]

December 7, 2020Activity, attachment, attention, attunement, bonding, craft, Creativity, date, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, guilt, learning, love, mother, Parenting

Wake up and pay attention

I learnt a valuable lesson on Saturday.  One of the challenges I have found in becoming a mum of two is making […]

November 16, 20202020, Activity, autumn, cooking, Creativity, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, pumpkin

Smashing Pumpkins

I had planned a beautifully photographed, step-by-step recipe, but I’m afraid life happened and I had to make and photograph whilst I […]

October 5, 2020autumn, bonding, busyness, craft, Creativity, decoration, family, family time, fun, Holiday, indoor, lantern, light, messy, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, positivity

I see the light

Being a mum comes in all shapes and sizes.  There are so many wonderful experiences and so many challenges.  So many things […]

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020autumn, baking, blackberries, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, mother, Outdoors, Parenting

Brambly hedge

As a kid, I have a fond memory of going blackberry picking with my mum the first weekend after school had started […]

May 7, 2020baking, cooking, Creativity, date, decoration, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fun, indoor, sea buckthorn, seasonal, self-care

Choux stopper

Last week I said that I’d share the recipe Daf and I created as one of our “date jar” activities, so to […]

April 28, 2020Activity, adventure, change, communication, cooking, Creativity, date, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, learning, love, mental health, mother, patience, perseverance, positivity, relationship, self-care

We never change

Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”.  Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun […]

April 15, 2020baking, basic need, breakfast, cereal, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, fruit, mental health, morning, mother, self-care, Uncategorized

Morning has broken

I thought today it might be nice to write something which can draw us away from the topic that seems to dominate […]

April 8, 2020Activity, adventure, birthday, change, Creativity, emotions, family, family time, grateful, indoor, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, socializing

Make a memory

So here we are again.  The days are long, the weeks even longer, but the moments are still there.  As we battle […]